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...released poll, Lou Harris finds that Central America is proving a "disaster" for Reagan, undoing the confidence that an improving economy has given him, and reviving the old specter that he is apt to get us into war. Faced with rising criticism, Reagan blames the press for its "hype and hoopla," moving New York Times Columnist James Reston to observe, "On these two subjects you have to pay attention, for he's an expert on both." The President's own pollster, Richard B. Wirthlin, samples opinions frequently to give Reagan a measure of American attitudes apart from what...
...troubled about television's encompassing view of its own glamour and power. The first act of those who run the singular world of big-time TV was to make the passing of Reynolds a major studio enterprise that, whether intended or not, seemed to be an effort to hype the ratings with pathos and personalities. The memory of Reynolds was programmed for the presidential level. There were requests-almost demands-at the White House within minutes of Reynolds' death that the President issue a statement of personal loss and that he praise Reynolds for his esteemed position...
...LEADING British rock weekly New Musical Express would have us believe that New Order is now the "world's leading" rock group, a compliment that is no surprise since NME and other British music rags have long led a monumental rock myth that is as much hype as it is substance...
Like all of these shows, E.T. is a part of the phenomenon it covers, another wheel in the publicity machine it seeks to explain. Many of its features perpetuate rather than puncture Hollywood myths. Notes a senior segment producer, Helaine Swerdloff: "There is a fine line between hype and news." The question for E.T. is which side of that line it will settle...
News & World Report last month reported on WHO RUNS AMERICA. The first ten, as judged by "leaders in 29 fields," are Washington governmental figures, from Ronald Reagan down. In twelfth place came Rather, who doesn't make news (or laws) but just reports it. Even when the hype on the magazine's cover is reduced to the actual question posed inside -Which individuals exert "the most influence in national life?" - Rather's high place (much as Walter Cronkite's had before him) seems faintly ridiculous...